Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then transports them to earthly space for human use . |
| 2 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 3 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 4 | In America small town-dumps have been closed , or sold by the cities that owned them to private operators . |
| 5 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 6 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 7 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 8 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 9 | Do you prefer them to those ones ? |
| 10 | The decision arose from a claim lodged with the ECJ by a group of mainly Spanish-owned fishing companies , employing vessels registered as British , that amendments to the UK 1988 Merchant Shipping Act which excluded 95 of their vessels from British waters were illegal under EC law and had exposed them to financial ruin . |
| 11 | It will thus be dusted with successive batches of pollen as they mature and will deliver them to other flowers on different individual plants elsewhere in its territory . |
| 12 | The present research involves making extensive video recordings in the homes of eight carefully selected families and submitting them to various forms of analysis . |
| 13 | Processing items as soon as possible after soiling and/or submitting them to preliminary treatment . |
| 14 | After my return to England I was able to continue my interest in Burma 's future , for when General Aung San and his colleagues came to London for consultations with the British Government , Mr Attlee asked me to 10 Downing Street to introduce the various members to him . |
| 15 | Parents may feel suspicious of these , or resentful , and will need help in using them to best advantage . |
| 16 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 17 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 18 | ‘ The aim is to encourage public awareness about the value of the buildings around them and to get owners who no longer want the properties , to sell or lease them to new people . ’ |
| 19 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 20 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 21 | In recent months their flagrantly communal slogans ( 'Say it with pride — I am a Hindu' ) have propelled them to significant gains in municipal and other elections . |
| 22 | After all , bright children usually expect to succeed , hence success and praise do not surprise them or necessarily raise them to new levels of performance . |
| 23 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 24 | They took their toys to The Priory Church of England School and sold them to each other to help the starving in Somalia . |
| 25 | Reports of ‘ untoward occurrences ’ — anything from an allegation of assault to a staff member having a cold — were not going directly to Mr Thomson , who was legally bound to report them to social services within 24 hours . |
| 26 | Beside him , the Substitute burst into delighted laughter and said , ‘ Maestrangelo , introduce me to this man ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not a question of bringing them to more people — Emporio has never been for the poor — but of morals ; with the Nineties there comes a new thinking about how much it 's right to spend on clothes and I certainly go along with that . ’ |
| 28 | I 've given them to that solicitor that |
| 29 | They do n't refuse male customers , they simply sub contract them to another firm . |
| 30 | The doors are tough and durable , and they require almost no maintenance , a quick wash down being all that is required to restore them to pristine condition . , , . |